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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Catherine find in George's car the night of DeBeers's death?
(a) A soaking wet driver's seat.
(b) Blood.
(c) A box of chocolates.
(d) A strange set of keys.

2. What does George do the first time Catherine says she wants to leave?
(a) Tells her he is happy to let her and Franny go.
(b) Gets her suitcase and tells her to go, but that Franny is staying with him.
(c) Tells her he will send the police after her.
(d) Tells her she needs to get a job first.

3. How does Willis think her father would describe someone like George?
(a) He is a visionary.
(b) He is someone who is going places.
(c) He is a deadbeat.
(d) He is someone with a limited menu.

4. Who does George meet on the field trip in Part IV that he is unhappy to see?
(a) Lloyd DeBeers.
(b) Warren Shelby.
(c) Helmut Winthrop.
(d) Frank Anderton.

5. Why does Cole go to the pawn shop in Part IV?
(a) To get his mother's porcelain figurines back.
(b) To get Eddy's trumpet back.
(c) To get his guitar back.
(d) To get the family piano back.

6. What does George do once he is sitting on DeBeers's boat?
(a) Eats a sandwich.
(b) Starts moving the rigging.
(c) Picks up a baseball bat.
(d) Vomits.

7. Where do George and Catherine spend Thanksgiving in Part IV?
(a) In their own house in Chosen.
(b) Connecticut, with George's parents.
(c) In New York City, at a hotel.
(d) Maine, with Catherine's parents.

8. What does George tell Catherine she is on the way home from the Sokolov party?
(a) Caring.
(b) Vivacious.
(c) Dull.
(d) Friendly.

9. What possession of his deceased cousin's did George take after his cousin died?
(a) His card collection.
(b) His journal.
(c) His stamp collection.
(d) His photographs.

10. What does Cole tell Catherine in Part III about his mother?
(a) She would have liked Catherine.
(b) She was depressed.
(c) She was the best cook.
(d) She was a genius.

11. What does Catherine's mother tell her when she says she is thinking of leaving George?
(a) Catherine should leave George, but also leave Franny with George.
(b) She will help Catherine do it.
(c) Catherine should only do it once she has her own job.
(d) She should not do it.

12. Why is Bram surprised that Justine was in a car accident?
(a) She was always lecturing about safe driving.
(b) She has never had an accident before.
(c) She almost never drove.
(d) It was not like her to drive fast.

13. What does George notice about Justine at the college they both work at?
(a) No one seems to know who she is.
(b) She is a great fundraiser.
(c) She is loved by her students.
(d) She ingratiates herself to her supervisor.

14. What is one reason Willis does not tell anyone about her mother?
(a) Her mother is in jail.
(b) Her mother is a controversial painter.
(c) Her mother is dead.
(d) Her mother is in a lesbian relationship.

15. What does Bram tell George he feels about his own wife, Justine?
(a) They can not have children, and it is straining their marriage.
(b) He would be lost without her.
(c) He can not really stand her.
(d) He married her out of convenience.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does George's young cousin die?

2. What does Catherine do with Justine in Part III that George objects to?

3. What is the name of De Beers's sailboat?

4. Who does Justine think George gives the scarf to that he asks her to make?

5. What does Willis's father do?

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